PBP Commentary

Coming up we have a super heavyweight MMA rules bout between Maurice Vontavious Payne (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class) and Tony King (ranked 0 p4p, 0 weight class). Vontavious Payne's entrance music is Hope. A fine choice. King has chosen Saliva-Badass as his entrance music, which hasn't gone down very well with the crowd. Maurice Vontavious Payne had a look across the cage there at his opponent. He definitely means business

Vontavious Payne
vs
King

194 cm
24
275 lbs
6 - 1 - 0

189 cm
30
227 lbs
6 - 11 - 0

Good wrestling
Excellent boxer
Cardio machine

Good wrestler
Excellent boxer
Good gas tank

Ladies and gentlemen. This fight is 3 rounds, in the super heavyweight division.
Introducing the fighter to my left, fighting out of the red corner.
With a record of 6 - 1 - 0, fighting out of St Petersburg, Maurice Vontavious Payne!
And introducing the fighter to my right, fighting out of the blue corner.
With a record of 6 - 11 - 0, fighting out of New York, Tony King!
The judges for this bout are , Jack Bonds and Frank Antenori.

The bell rings for round one and we are underway!
King throws an overhand right that lands on Vontavious Payne's shoulder, as Vontavious Payne tries to avoid the shot.
Vontavious Payne stooping low to avoid any incoming strikes and then lunges in with an uppercut come cross that lands flush.
Vontavious Payne fakes a head punch and goes low to the body. Nicely done.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vontavious Payne slips a jab from King.

Vontavious Payne takes the fight into the clinch.
Vontavious Payne working aggressively here.
Vontavious Payne has a couple of punches blocked by King.
King misses with a punch on the inside.
King looking for a takedown.
King's head jolts backwards as he takes an uppercut right on the button!
King misses with an elbow strike.
Vontavious Payne blocks a body shot from King.
Vontavious Payne swings away with an uppercut that misses.
Vontavious Payne is working for takedown but King is calmly controlling the position for now.
King tries to throw a body punch but Vontavious Payne avoids it by throwing King back against the cage.
King lands with a short punch from the clinch.
Vontavious Payne lands punches inside but they're not really causing much damage.
This has been an exciting period of action!
A right hand to the body from Vontavious Payne.
King throws a head punch that misses.
Vontavious Payne lands a left hand that snaps the head of King backwards.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne lands a short shot on the inside that snaps the head of King backwards.
King looks to throw an elbow but misses.
Vontavious Payne lands a hook to the body. It's hard to tell if that hurt King or not.
King looks winded!
Vontavious Payne working on landing some head shots here - that one got through nicely.
Vontavious Payne scores with an uppercut up the middle.
Vontavious Payne makes some space for himself and lands an uppercut.

Vontavious Payne breaks the clinch and we're back to striking at distance.

Vontavious Payne lands a head kick that stumbles King and the fighters go to the mat.

King is rocked!
The crowd are loving this. Great action here.
Vontavious Payne with a flurry of punches that miss.
King is still in real trouble! Can Vontavious Payne finish him?
Vontavious Payne is looking to work some ground and pound but King has wrist control.
King seems to have recovered his senses.
King has a closed guard, preventing anything of note from happening. Perhaps he's looking to stall.
Vontavious Payne with a flurry of punches that miss.
Vontavious Payne controls the pace of the fight for a moment.
Vontavious Payne postures up in King's guard and throws a big left but King blocks it.

That's two minutes gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne is in close to King's body, working some short punches and elbows.
Vontavious Payne wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
Vontavious Payne in full guard, throwing the ground and pound. No damage this time.
Vontavious Payne is frustrating his opponent with some stalling tactics from top position.
Vontavious Payne has been looking to land a fair amount of strikes on the ground. He might be looking to soften his opponent up in order to work for a submission.
King utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
King can't keep his opponent in guard - Vontavious Payne advances to half guard, no doubt looking to mount.
The ref warns both fighters not to hold the cage as they work up against the meshing.
Vontavious Payne not throwing his punches with enough precision this time.

That's three minutes gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne prevents King from standing back up.
Vontavious Payne thows a huge punch but King dodges it nicely.
Vontavious Payne thows a wild elbow that connects with the canvas.
Vontavious Payne looks to land a strike but King avoids it nicely and regains full guard.
Vontavious Payne's corner is telling him to maintain position.
Vontavious Payne wants to control from the top but King keeps moving.
Vontavious Payne throwing strikes from guard but King blocks nicely.
Vontavious Payne throwing strikes but missing.
Vontavious Payne postures up to throw the ground and pound strikes but they don't connect.

That's four minutes gone in the round.
Neither fighter has done anything of merit for a good minute or two here and the crowd are not happy about it.
King utilising some decent striking defenses from the guard, preventing the ground and pound.
Vontavious Payne trying to control the position from guard on top but King is wriggling around, looking for whatever he can.

The referee has motioned to the fighters to stand back up. He just wasn't happy with the level of activity.
Vontavious Payne throws a nice looking combination but King bobs and weaves to avoid any damage.
King jabbing away but nothing is landing.
Vontavious Payne attempts a counter takedown but King avoids it well and moves away.
Vontavious Payne keeps the fight on the outside.
Vontavious Payne throws a head kick that looked like it stung.
Vontavious Payne scores with a slapping inside leg kick.
Vontavious Payne shoots in for a double leg but King sprawls well. That's going to sap some energy.
King cracks Vontavious Payne with a right hand to the side of the head.
A looping hook to the body misses from Vontavious Payne. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vontavious Payne keeping his hands up high there, blocking the jab from King.
Tony King seems to be the more aggressive standup fighter in this bout.
Vontavious Payne stuffs the takedown.
A quick step to the side and Vontavious Payne tries to counter with a shot to the body but it doesn't connect.
Vontavious Payne tries to drive through with a takedown attempt but King defends well and Vontavious Payne ends up having to push King into the cage where they will battle it out in the clinch.
King appears to be waiting to throw a counter punch to the body.
That's three failed takedown attempts in the round for Maurice Vontavious Payne. That's going to take a lot out of him.
King is looking to take this fight into the clinch.
King connects with a jab.
And that’s the end of the round – the fighters go back to their corners.

Maurice Vontavious Payne dominated that round.
The fighters' corners scream their final instructions, as the referee calls time. Here we go, back to the action!

A looping hook to the body misses from Vontavious Payne. King does a little dance to reset his feet.
Vontavious Payne lands a nice hook to King's body. King takes it in his stride and looks to land his own strikes.

Vontavious Payne clinches up against the cage.
King tries a knee to the head but he's missed.
King swings wildly with an uppercut but Vontavious Payne uses good head movement to avoid it.

Vontavious Payne has dropped down and is working for a takedown. King is trying to keep an underhook but Vontavious Payne manages to get the takedown into half guard.
Vontavious Payne throwing shots but they're hitting the canvas more than the man.
Vontavious Payne seems to be taking a bit of a break to think of his next move. He lands a short punch in the meantime.
Vontavious Payne throwing shots but King is blocking nicely.
King tries to get to full guard but Vontavious Payne has control of the leg.
Vontavious Payne landing with strikes to the body and head, softening up his opponent.
Vontavious Payne trying to control the action but King is working from the bottom.
Vontavious Payne throwing punches and elbows but they're not doing any damage.

That's one minute gone in the round.
Vontavious Payne missing with some ground and pound from the half guard.
The two fighters exchange a few words. I couldn't hear what they were saying but maybe it's more fun if you make it up yourself. Vontavious Payne connects with a nice short shot to King's temple.
Vontavious Payne passes to full mount!
Vontavious Payne looking to ground and pound his opponent to a finish here.
King is in a horrible position here, under a barrage of strikes, he's managing to avoid any damage.
We've been hearing that Vontavious Payne has been drilling a lot of ground and pound in training, so let's see if he get the finish.
The referee warns King that he has to improve his position here as he takes two more clean shots to the head.
Vontavious Payne softens up his opponent with a couple of shots there and then CRACK! One massive shot lands there and King is out cold! Vontavious Payne jumps to his feet and celebrates on the cage with the fans, who are, quite frankly, going absolutely mental!

Ladies and gentlemen, after 2:57 of round 2, we have a winner by way of TKO (Strikes). Maurice Vontavious Payne!
Maurice Vontavious Payne decided to thank the fans in attendance for making a great atmosphere. It seemed to go down pretty well.